The Detweiler Fire, that destroyed more than 130 structures including 63 homes near Yosemite, was started by people shooting on public land. CalFire is still looking for the shooter. The Detwiler fire started July 16 and has burned more than 80,000 acres. The individual or people who started this fire could be held liable for…… MORE
Search Continues For Driver Who Hit Girl on The First Day of School
Reno Police are looking for a red Nissan passenger car and its driver after a hit-and-run in Stead sent a 13 year old girl to a hospital Monday morning. Police say the incident took place before school in a crosswalk at Stead Boulevard and Silver Lake Road. The girl was taken by REMSA to a…… MORE
Nevada Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Students
The Elko County Sheriff’s Office and FBI served search warrants and seized computer records and other materials connected to an alleged teacher sex case in Wells. Elko County Undersheriff Ron Supp said the FBI has been assisting in the investigation that started last October with allegations that elementary school teacher Tennille Whitaker was involved in…… MORE
Reno Man Convicted of Battery After Attacking Homeless Shelter Employee
A Reno man has been found guilty of felony battery, for beating a homeless shelter employee and breaking the victim’s jaw. 36-year-old Christopher Stewart Woodstone was convicted of Battery Causing Substantial Bodily Harm after a two-day trial in Washoe District Court. Woodstone was arrested in December 2016 by the Reno Police Department after an investigation…… MORE
Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department Announces Sage Grouse Plan
The Interior Department has unveiled a plan to protect the threatened sage grouse. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the strategy Monday for the bird that has suffered a dramatic population decline across its 11-state range. The plan gives Western states greater flexibility in mining, logging and other economic development where it now is prohibited. Zinke…… MORE
Faraday Future Announces Plans to Build Vehicles in California
Electric car maker Faraday Future says it has decided to build vehicles at a factory in California. The decision comes less than a month after the company scrapped a plan to build a $1 billion factory in southern Nevada. Faraday said Monday it signed a lease on a 1 million-square-foot factory in Hanford, California, about…… MORE
Dozens Tested After School Employee Dies From Tuberculosis
Dozens of people have been tested for tuberculosis after a Las Vegas school employee died of the disease last month. Dr. Joseph Iser is head of the Southern Nevada Health District, he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the woman was unable to speak by the time health officials learned of her case. The Clark County…… MORE
Anthem Leaves Nevada Health Exchange, Cites Trump Uncertainty
Health insurer Anthem will no longer offer insurance plans on Nevada’s state exchange. Hundreds of U.S. counties are at risk of losing access to private health coverage in 2018 as insurers consider pulling out of those markets in the coming months. Nevada had said in June that residents in 14 counties out of 17 in the…… MORE
Police Release The Name of The Man Found Dead in Paradise Park
Police have released the name of the man who was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds at Paradise Park early Friday morning. The reports of “shots fired” near Carville & Paradise came in about 3:45 a.m. Police found a 21-year-old local resident named Trezelle Holloway dead with multiple gunshot wounds. They say there are no…… MORE
Multiple Lightning Sparked Fires Burning Around The Region
Evacuations have been lifted as the Prater Fire moves away from homes east of Sparks and heads north toward the site of the Earthstone Fire from a few weeks ago. According to Sierra Front, Sparks Fire, Reno Fire and the Bureau of Land Management are fighting the flames. Ambulances are no longer being diverted from…… MORE
